Staff Blog
Read the latest blog posts from Disability Rights Texas staff.
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November 14, 2018
We have some exciting news about donating to Disability Rights Texas on Giving Tuesday, November 27. On that day ONLY (the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday) when …
November 5, 2018
Disability Rights Texas is proud to announce that our own Susan Murphree, Senior Policy Specialist, is the first recipient of the Arc of Texas Virginia Eernisse Legacy Award. The late …
October 30, 2018
Molly Broadway, Voting Rights Training Specialist Photo ID Options for Voting The first week of mid-term election early voting proved to be busy in several locations throughout the nation. Longer …
October 24, 2018
Curbside Voting and Other Options for People with Disabilities Who Can’t Stand in Line by Molly Broadway, DRTx Voting Rights Training Specialist Nearly half a million people in Texas have …
October 19, 2018
Molly Broadway, DRTx Voting Rights Training Specialist With a record 15.6 million registered to vote in Texas this year, early voting is a great way to save time and skip …
October 4, 2018
Steven Aleman, DRTx Attorney and Policy Specialist On September 14, 2018, a committee of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) held a preliminary vote to remove Helen Keller from …
September 10, 2018
Dustin Rynders, Supervising Attorney, Education Team DRTx is excited to announce the launch of our new “Make My School Safe” Toolkit, created with our partners at Texas Appleseed and the …
August 22, 2018
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director Our new DRTx website launched TODAY, August 22, 2018, and we’re thrilled to share its up-to-date accessibility features and content with our followers. DRTx worked with …
August 31, 2017
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director First and foremost, Disability Rights Texas wants you to know that our thoughts and prayers are with all of you impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The devastation …
May 30, 2017
Mary Faithfull, Executive Director I am excited to announce that later this month we will be debuting our new accessible, mobile responsive website. More than a year ago we surveyed you, …